Pulis said: “I have already spoken to Jerome. I think he has fallen over at any touch, he will get fined for that.

“Chamakh did it in the first half and he will get fined as well. Everybody in the last couple of years in this country has cleaned those situations up.

“Jerome has gone in and seen the ref and apologised to him, and that is good. I just don’t have that at any football club I manage.”

At the end of a weekend which had shown the worst of high pressure Premier League management, the brutal honesty of Pulis was a refreshing change.

But then his team had already reflected his ethics in the way they dragged a point out of nowhere.

Battered in a first half when Swansea had 83 per cent of the possession, Palace changed their tactics at half time and turned the game on its head.

And Murray’s penalty – his first Premier League goal after a season long battle to recover from a cruciate knee injury – was a neat twist to the tale.

Murray, 30, whose career began playing part-time football for Workington, was one of the reasons why the game changed after he replaced Thomas Ince at half time.

With time running out he took advantage when Swans keeper Michel Vorm rushed out of his area but misjudged a through ball, and was brought down down by Chico Flores just before he could roll it into an empty net.

MURRAY ON THE SPOT: Palace's frontman bagged a late leveller from the penalty spot [REUTERS]

“It was great for us to see him score,” said Pulis. “You hope he will go on and get four or five before the end of the season now.

“He got 31 last season but then had to miss out on all the excitement of the club being in the Premier League, but he has worked so hard and he deserves his chance now.”

Swansea boss Monk insisted the foul was outside the area. He said: “How the ref is making that decision from 60 yards away, when he clearly has no view, I don’t know.

“He couldn’t wait to give the penalty, and he couldn’t wait to show the red card.

“I felt for Chico. He has been magnificent for us and he deserves to be playing every game.”

Palace have taken an amazing 20 points from 15 games since Pulis took on what seemed an impossible job of keeping them up, and are three points clear of the relegation zone.

OPENER: Jonathan De Guzman puts Swansea in front [GETTY]

They knew Swansea would be tired after getting knocked out of Europe on Thursday and they took advantage.

There was no panic when De Guzman scored. The Dutchman ran on to Leon Britton’s pass after Wilfried Bony had laid the ball backwards, then beat Julian Speroni with a clinical finish.

“How the ref is making that decision from 60 yards away, when he clearly has no view, I don’t know. He couldn’t wait to give the penalty”

Garry Monk

He almost got a second, just failing to beat the goalkeeper to Angel Rangel’s cross and forcing Speroni to scramble and pick it up at the second attempt.

Another Rangel cross was met brilliantly at the near post by Bony, only for the Palace keeper to dive and beat it out with a great reaction save.

It wasn’t much to show for all that possession, although at the other end Michel Vorm was such a spectator that he should have been asked to pay to get in and watch it.

Sadly for Swansea when he did finally have something to do he messed it up.